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Dol-de-Bretagne · Bretagne

Maison des Petits Palets, dite aussi des Plaids

In the heart of Dol-de-Bretagne, this 12th-century Romanesque house features semi-circular arches decorated with broken sticks and sculpted capitals, a rare example of Breton medieval civil architecture.

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Figeac · Occitanie

Maison gothique

A 13th-century Gothic jewel nestling in the heart of Figeac, this medieval house bears witness to the commercial prosperity of Quercy with its stone façade and characteristic arcades.

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Moustéru · Bretagne

Eglise Notre-Dame

In Moustéru, Notre-Dame church boasts a 16th-century Renaissance bell tower and a unique outdoor font, a poignant vestige of a time when lepers prayed in seclusion, standing under the Breton sky.

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Quintin · Bretagne

Hôtel Digaultray des Landes

Built in 1722 by a major linen merchant, the Hôtel Digaultray des Landes in Quintin reveals the discreet splendour of the Breton merchant bourgeoisie, with its paved courtyard, terraced garden and intact period woodwork.

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Persquen · Bretagne

Domaine de Penvern

Nestling in deep Morbihan, the Penvern estate boasts an austere facade inherited from the Lorient engineers, crowned by terraced parklands, crow's-foot paths and a pond that seem to have been set in the 18th century.

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Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux · Bretagne

Fontaine

In the heart of Brittany's Trégor region, this 16th-century fountain boasts two sacred pools and gables with niches, set in a silence of carved stone - a place of pilgrimage, seigneurial justice and living memory.

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Bordeaux · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancienne Manufacture des Tabacs

A majestic neo-classical façade designed by Bonfin, the former Manufacture des Tabacs de Bordeaux was the temple of cigars and one of the city's biggest employers of women in the 19th century.

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Montcuq · Occitanie

Château de Charry

A medieval sentinel in the Quercy Blanc region, the polygonal towers of Château de Charry tower above the valley, the remains of a defensive network that once linked Montcuq to Marcilhac.

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Faye-d'Anjou · Pays de la Loire

Moulin à vent de la Pinsonnerie

La Pinsonnerie is an 18th-century cave mill on the hillsides of Anjou, with its Berton wings and mechanisms still intact - a rare example of traditional milling in Anjou.

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Laniscat · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Gildas

In the heart of the Kreiz-Breizh region, the church of Saint-Gildas de Laniscat boasts a 17th-century bell tower crowned by a rare openwork lantern, a testament to the faith and skills of Breton master masons.

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Carnet · Normandie

Chapelle Sainte-Barbe

Nestling in the Normandy bocage, the golden stones of Sainte-Barbe de Carnet chapel date from between the late 15th and 16th centuries, combining flamboyant Gothic and early Renaissance grace in a striking green setting.

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Badefols-sur-Dordogne · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Cabane en pierre sèche n° 30

This circular hut in Badefols-sur-Dordogne is a discreet jewel of dry stone construction in the Périgord region, revealing the ingenuity of local farmers: a conical vault of limestone slate built without mortar, a living vestige of Dordogne winegrowing.

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Fontvieille · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Oratoire Notre-Dame

A discreet jewel of popular Provençal piety, this oratory in Fontvieille has watched over the Alpilles for centuries, combining Marian fervour with the vernacular charm typical of the inland Camargue.

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Louvigné-du-Désert · Bretagne

Château de Monthorin

The jewel of Brittany's Louis XIII period, Château de Monthorin blends seigniorial 17th-century brickwork with Empire elegance, nestling in a romantic park on the edge of the Breton Desert.

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Les Salles · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise

Nestling in the Gironde vineyards, this discreet twelfth-century Romanesque church is astonishing for its double nave layout and remarkable cupola with pendentives, a rare example of Saintongean Romanesque art in the Gironde.

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Les Artigues-de-Lussac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ancienne abbaye de Faize

A Cistercian vestige founded in 1137, Faize Abbey boasts a Baroque façade with giant pilasters and a double cloister with superimposed arcades, a striking example of monastic architecture between grandeur and romantic ruin.

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Quimper · Bretagne

Manoir de Kerahmanez, à Kerfeunteun

A Breton manor house dating from the late Renaissance, Kerahmanez displays its sober elegance at the end of a square courtyard enclosed by an ogival gateway, with its central well - the discreet jewel of Kerfeunteun, on the outskirts of Quimper.

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Auray · Bretagne

Hôtel de ville

A neoclassical gem from the 18th century, Auray Town Hall's elegant Taillebourg stone façade stands in the heart of the Breton town, a rare example of royal civil architecture listed as a Historic Monument.

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Eymet · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Pouthet

At the heart of the Bergeracois, the château de Pouthet blends eighteenth-century classical elegance with Victorian neo-medieval whimsy, crowned by a spectacular convex staircase and a polychrome kitchen garden unique in the Périgord.

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Saint-Rémy-de-Provence · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Château de Roussan

Au cœur des Alpilles, le château de Roussan déploie sa sobre élégance provençale du XVIIIe siècle dans un écrin de platanes centenaires et de jardins à la française, classé monument historique.

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Langon · Bretagne

Alignements mégalithiques dits Les Demoiselles de Langon

Emerging from the moors of Upper Brittany, the Demoiselles de Langon form a Neolithic megalithic alignment of rare sobriety, where menhirs standing on the moor evoke a legend of petrified women under the stars.

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Lamothe-Cassel · Occitanie

Eglise de Puycalvel

Nestling in the Lot department, the church of Puycalvel reveals a striking dialogue between 12th-century Romanesque and 15th-century flamboyant Gothic, crowned by a rare gabled bell tower with three arcades and an apse still covered with ancestral slate roofs.

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Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Immeuble dit Le Bousquet

In the heart of Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand, the Le Bousquet building features an elegant balcony with a wrought-iron lyre railing and windows with gadrooned surrounds, a discreet jewel of the Empire style in Gironde.

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Gardegan-et-Tourtirac · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Pierre de Tourtirac

Nestling in the vineyards of Bordeaux, the church of Saint-Pierre de Tourtirac boasts exceptionally coherent twelfth-century Romanesque architecture, with its pendentive cupola and defensive bell tower.

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